Ciba Foundation symposium on hypertension [[electronic resource] ] : humoral and neurogenic factors / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

• Record Nr.: UNISA996201245703316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill Ltd., 1954
• ISBN: 1-280-76845-2; 9786613679222; 0-470-71889-7; 0-470-71632-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Collana: Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.877
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); CameronMargaret P
• Disciplina: 616.1/32; 616.132
• Soggetti: Hypertension
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "With 73 illustrations."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: HYPERTENSION Humoral and Neurogenic Factors; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Neural and humoral control of blood vessels; Discussion; Some new aspects of reflex blood pressure regulation and hypertension; Discussion; Hypertensive disease without hypertension; Discussion; Internal secretion of the arterial wall in blood pressure regulation; Discussion; Drugs antagonistic to 5-hydroxytryptamine; Quantitative estimation of 5-hydroxytryptamine in gastro-intestinal mucosa, spleen and blood of vertebrates; Discussion; Chemical screening methods for the diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma; DiscussionPersistence of hypertension after removal of phaeochromocytoma, where excretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline is normal; Discussion; Experimental studies on the pathogenesis and nature of hypertensive cardiovascular disease; Discussion; Experiments on the role of vasoconstrictor substances in the mechanism of renal hypertension in dogs; Discussion; The relation of the sustained pressor principle to renin; Discussion; The role of the kidney in the mechanism ; of experimental hypertension; Discussion; The effect of partial renal corticectomy on the kidneys of normal and hypertensive animalsDiscussion; The use of ganglion blocking agents in relation to neurogenic factors in hypertension; Discussion; Lessons from hexamethonium studies in malignant hypertension; Discussion; Catechol amine excretion in urine in cases of hypertension; The relationship between sodium, arterial hypertension and the adrenal glands; Discussion; The study of adrenal insufficiency in hypertensive patients submitted to bilateral syrnpathectomy and unilateral adrenalectomy; Discussion; Water and electrolytes in experimental hypertensionThe distribution of fluid and electrolytes in experimental hypertension; Discussion; The importance of sodium chloride and its ions in the production and treatment of hypertension; Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks